Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl / John Greenleaf Whittier

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl / John Greenleaf Whittier

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.55

Description

65 pages. Illustrations. Compare to the similar binding of Whittier's "Mabel Martin," which at first glance appears to be a uniform binding, but is actually by a different publisher and is a close design match, but not identical, a common publishing practice in the 1870s and 1880s.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1870s

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

6 in

Book Details

Author

John Greenleaf Whittier

Publisher

Houghton, Mifflin & Company

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1867

Date Printed

circa 1870

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Victorian

Binding Notes

Bound in bright blue colored cloth black stamped double crossed lines surrounding a central gilt-stamped square containing the title and vertical sheafs of grains, ice-covered twigs, and pinecones. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. Gilt titles to spine.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

Compare to Whittier, "Mabel Martin" (2015.7.66)